Eying to bring carbon emissions down by a 25% by 2020 from where it stood in 1990, Chicago shows its earnestness with the completion of the first phase of an all-inclusive Decarbonization Plan for the downtown Loop area. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill…
Leigh Hendrik Cosentino, a Monash University student is working on an electric bike prototype that is supposed to offer superior weather resistance, ample storage space, and the most important: energy-efficiency. The human-powered vehicle mimics a…
As it is not possible to dedicate more land to biofuel production, modifying crops genetically to offer more harvestable plant matter is certainly a better idea. The scientists at the University of Manchester have done just the same in isolating the..
We have been covering the strikingly green pavilions designed for the World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. As most of them dealt with a particular eco-constituent, the newly unveiled pavilion dubbed ‘The Water Cube Pavilion’ also draws out with a…
Japanese architects Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines of France have come up with a new French cultural institution. Called the ‘Centre Pompidou-Metz’, the new structure incorporates a studio for live performances, an auditorium, a resource…
University of Michigan researchers are working on an artificial foot prototype (prosthesis) that would allow its user to walk without any extra effort. As the equipment comes with a microprocessor and a 1-watt battery to capture the kinetic energy…
It’s not for nothing that we’re harping on the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for quite some time now. Yesterday, we told you about the world’s first LEED Platinum convention center heading to Vancouver. Now, it’s time to rock the dance floor at Club..
Designed by Dang Jingwei, the FireScuba is a simple device that allows you respire through severely deficient oxygen supply, if ever you are trapped in a fire emergency culminating into excessive smoke. The device covers the mouth and the nose of the.
TDC Games, a distinguished manufacturer of board games and remarkable jigsaw puzzles, has just recently released a line of 500 piece jigsaw puzzles dubbed GREEN PIECES. Each of the pieces comes imbued with the seeds of over a dozen wildflower species.
Inside the FHTC campus, a fully net zero energy house containing classrooms solicits its surfacing as Kansas State University, Flint Hills Technical College, and USD 253 join forces to bring this environmentally friendly construction into being….